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0. R. -PARMELE, AURORAQILLINOIS.

Lettere Pereeee Ne. 72,226, ezefeez Deeembee 17, 1867.

IMPROVED STARE-HOLDER IN GARS.

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TO ALL lvl-IOM IT MAY CNCERN: i

Be it known that I, R. PARMELE, et' Aurora, in the-county of Kane, andState ot' Illinois', have invented i an Improved Stake-Holder, for Cars;and I do hereby declare that the following .is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and letters marked thereon,making a part of this description, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiverepresentation of my invention.

Figure 2, an end elevation of the same. Y

The nature of my invention consists in the use ot' a'cast-iron socket,having the usual openings at the end and .bottom for holding the stake,and made reversible, so as ,to fit either side ofthe car, and witliright-angular slots in the. sides, in which the lower pin is made tooperate, and also with 'notches in the edges of the sides,

arranged so as to allow the upper stake-pin to pass over a curve or cam,and hold the stake either in a vertical f or'horizoutal position, as thecase may require.

The reversible socket I do not consider new, neither the holes in it forsupporting the end of the stake; but the right-angularlslots in thesides, and their cam and notched edges, are new, together with the upperand lower pins, which hold the stake in place, and have not beenemployed heretofore for such a purpose, and, when arranged ashereinafter shown, provide a better fastening for the stake than anysimilar means now in use.

A The necessity for a devicewhich will hold a stake upright when a cnrhas a load, and arranged to be turned Adown when leading the car, isreadily comprehended; and many ineicctual attempts have been made, bythe' wayot' inventions, to accomplish this desirable result, one ofwhich consists of e socket having a stationary pin and a slotted stake;but, as the `slot weakened the stake, and the leverage was so short, thearrangement proved, in a great measure, inoperative.

In order to give a correct understanding of my invention, Ihave markedcorresponding parts with similar letters, and willnow give a. detaileddescription. y

C represents the side of the car, to which the stake-holder is attachedby means ot` a clamp put around it and in the greove`J in the usualmanner, or by any other means most desirable. '.lheI socket is castin asingle piece, of suitable size and strength, and with an opening throughthe bottom M, and through the end N, of suitable size to correspond'withthe end of the stake A, and has right-angular slots, I, made in both'sides, for the purpose of supporting a pin', F, put through stake A, andallow the latter to have an upright'or horizontal position. Theedges ot'the sides DA have notches, Il L, between which are the curvedprojections K K, over which the upper stake-pin E is made to pass whenbeing' changed from notch L to notch H, as when the stake is putin ahorizontal position, ns seen by red lines B, iig. 1'.

` It will be seen, from this description, that the stake A, whenupright, has three supports, one at ghe bottom by means of the usualmortis@ or opening, and two by means of pins F E, slot. I, and notch Lor H, as the ease may be, thus 4holding the stake more lirnily than anymeans now used.

I I Having thus fully described my invention, what lI claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The socket or stakeholder, constructed with the right-angular slots Iand notches L H, in combination with the pins E F, in the lower end ofthe stake, substantially as and for the purpose described.

v O. R. PARMELE.

Witnesses GEO, L. CHAPIN, A. HAYWARD.

